Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications

One of the weak links in water Quality management is its dependence on traditional manual grab water sampling which provides only limited information on the status and trends of the water body. As a remediation continuous water quality monitoring using multi-parameter sondes or auto analysers which...

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Main Authors: A. Bakar Jaafar, S.L.Tong, N. Suhaila Othman, Amirul Shazli Mohamed
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Published: Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2000
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author A. Bakar Jaafar,
S.L.Tong,
N. Suhaila Othman,
Amirul Shazli Mohamed,
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S.L.Tong,
N. Suhaila Othman,
Amirul Shazli Mohamed,
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description One of the weak links in water Quality management is its dependence on traditional manual grab water sampling which provides only limited information on the status and trends of the water body. As a remediation continuous water quality monitoring using multi-parameter sondes or auto analysers which generate continuous and real-time water quality data at fixed locations have found increasing applications in recent year. More recently, interests have been extended to develop techniques for obtaining continuity in the spatial dimension of the water quality information. This paper briefly reviews the recent development in these areas. The paper will focus on reporting on the general features of the continuous water quality monitoring stations under the National Water Quality Monitoring programme of the Department of Environment for ten rivers in Malaysia, established and operated by Alam Sekitar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (ASMA) since late 1996. The system instrumentation and telemetry configuration, emphasizing on cost-effectiveness and minimizing maintenance constraints, are presented. The application of the large volume of water quality data generated for river management is illustrated through highlights of the significant findings for two rivers, namely, Sg. Linggi and Sg. Sarawak
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spelling my-ukm.journal-21552011-07-04T04:25:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2155/ Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications A. Bakar Jaafar, S.L.Tong, N. Suhaila Othman, Amirul Shazli Mohamed, One of the weak links in water Quality management is its dependence on traditional manual grab water sampling which provides only limited information on the status and trends of the water body. As a remediation continuous water quality monitoring using multi-parameter sondes or auto analysers which generate continuous and real-time water quality data at fixed locations have found increasing applications in recent year. More recently, interests have been extended to develop techniques for obtaining continuity in the spatial dimension of the water quality information. This paper briefly reviews the recent development in these areas. The paper will focus on reporting on the general features of the continuous water quality monitoring stations under the National Water Quality Monitoring programme of the Department of Environment for ten rivers in Malaysia, established and operated by Alam Sekitar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (ASMA) since late 1996. The system instrumentation and telemetry configuration, emphasizing on cost-effectiveness and minimizing maintenance constraints, are presented. The application of the large volume of water quality data generated for river management is illustrated through highlights of the significant findings for two rivers, namely, Sg. Linggi and Sg. Sarawak Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2000 Article PeerReviewed A. Bakar Jaafar, and S.L.Tong, and N. Suhaila Othman, and Amirul Shazli Mohamed, (2000) Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 1 . pp. 95-111. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
spellingShingle A. Bakar Jaafar,
S.L.Tong,
N. Suhaila Othman,
Amirul Shazli Mohamed,
Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
title Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
title_full Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
title_fullStr Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
title_full_unstemmed Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
title_short Recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
title_sort recent development in continuous water quality monitoring technologies and applications
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